Previously, at 8:36 am -0700 5/23/10, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On May 21, 2010, at 6:06 PM, Gus wrote:
> I am considering putting a G4 zif into my G3 B&W. I saw on some
> upgrade sites that a software patch (ROM Patch) was needed. Depending
> on which card was installed each vendor had its own patch.
>
> If I happen to find a zif from a G4 Yikes, would I still need a rom
> patch? Would one from the third party sites work?
>
> Any advice from anyone that has done this type of upgrade would be
> appreciated.
Yes. All of them do the same thing, so you could use any one. Apple patched
the G3 ROM to explicitly prevent G4 zif's from working. The patch undoes
that.
which sites? How can I tell if my B&W has the patch?
thnx, p.
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